Married first to Caroline V. Hawthorne (no children).
Married second to Irene A. Clark (no children).
John Sweet traces his ancestry to John and Mary Sweet who settled in Salem, MA in 1631. One of eight children he first apprentices with John Pinkerton, a carpenter and joiner. In 1850 he secured a position in the office of Elijah T. Hayden, architect. His plans for a barn in Pompey garnered first premium in a national competition by Rural New Yorker. He then accepted a position as patternmaker and draughtsman in railroad shops and visited the London Exhibition in 1862. He contributed short articles to a technical journal in London. Returning to Syracuse in 1864 he was a designer and draughtsman with Sweet, Barnes & Company where he designed machines, tools and appliances. He invented a machine that later became the linotype. It was exhibited at the Paris Exposition in 1867 and presented to Cornell University. In 1871 he was involved in bridge building with Howard Soule and later made plans for the first Straight-Line steam engine. From 1873 to 1879 he was involved with Cornell University and during this time worked on Whitworth surface plates and the first standard measuring machine made in this country. The first Gramme dynamo produced in the US was built in that shop and exhibited at the Centennial Exposition. He resigned and returned to Syracuse where the continued experimenting with the original Straight-Line engine, becoming president of the Straight-Line Engine Company.
He was one of the founders of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Engine Builders Association of the United States, The Technology Club and the Metal Trades and Founders Association of Syracuse. He was a life member of the Onondaga Historical Association, and one of the judges of the Chicago World's Fair and was employed by the government as an expert.
In November 1870 he married Caroline V. Hawthorne who died in 1887. In 1889 he married Irene A. Clark.
Married second to Irene A. Clark (no children).
John Sweet traces his ancestry to John and Mary Sweet who settled in Salem, MA in 1631. One of eight children he first apprentices with John Pinkerton, a carpenter and joiner. In 1850 he secured a position in the office of Elijah T. Hayden, architect. His plans for a barn in Pompey garnered first premium in a national competition by Rural New Yorker. He then accepted a position as patternmaker and draughtsman in railroad shops and visited the London Exhibition in 1862. He contributed short articles to a technical journal in London. Returning to Syracuse in 1864 he was a designer and draughtsman with Sweet, Barnes & Company where he designed machines, tools and appliances. He invented a machine that later became the linotype. It was exhibited at the Paris Exposition in 1867 and presented to Cornell University. In 1871 he was involved in bridge building with Howard Soule and later made plans for the first Straight-Line steam engine. From 1873 to 1879 he was involved with Cornell University and during this time worked on Whitworth surface plates and the first standard measuring machine made in this country. The first Gramme dynamo produced in the US was built in that shop and exhibited at the Centennial Exposition. He resigned and returned to Syracuse where the continued experimenting with the original Straight-Line engine, becoming president of the Straight-Line Engine Company.
He was one of the founders of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Engine Builders Association of the United States, The Technology Club and the Metal Trades and Founders Association of Syracuse. He was a life member of the Onondaga Historical Association, and one of the judges of the Chicago World's Fair and was employed by the government as an expert.
In November 1870 he married Caroline V. Hawthorne who died in 1887. In 1889 he married Irene A. Clark.
Married first to Caroline V. Hawthorne (no children).
Married second to Irene A. Clark (no children).
John Sweet traces his ancestry to John and Mary Sweet who settled in Salem, MA in 1631. One of eight children he first apprentices with John Pinkerton, a carpenter and joiner. In 1850 he secured a position in the office of Elijah T. Hayden, architect. His plans for a barn in Pompey garnered first premium in a national competition by Rural New Yorker. He then accepted a position as patternmaker and draughtsman in railroad shops and visited the London Exhibition in 1862. He contributed short articles to a technical journal in London. Returning to Syracuse in 1864 he was a designer and draughtsman with Sweet, Barnes & Company where he designed machines, tools and appliances. He invented a machine that later became the linotype. It was exhibited at the Paris Exposition in 1867 and presented to Cornell University. In 1871 he was involved in bridge building with Howard Soule and later made plans for the first Straight-Line steam engine. From 1873 to 1879 he was involved with Cornell University and during this time worked on Whitworth surface plates and the first standard measuring machine made in this country. The first Gramme dynamo produced in the US was built in that shop and exhibited at the Centennial Exposition. He resigned and returned to Syracuse where the continued experimenting with the original Straight-Line engine, becoming president of the Straight-Line Engine Company.
He was one of the founders of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Engine Builders Association of the United States, The Technology Club and the Metal Trades and Founders Association of Syracuse. He was a life member of the Onondaga Historical Association, and one of the judges of the Chicago World's Fair and was employed by the government as an expert.
In November 1870 he married Caroline V. Hawthorne who died in 1887. In 1889 he married Irene A. Clark.
Married second to Irene A. Clark (no children).
John Sweet traces his ancestry to John and Mary Sweet who settled in Salem, MA in 1631. One of eight children he first apprentices with John Pinkerton, a carpenter and joiner. In 1850 he secured a position in the office of Elijah T. Hayden, architect. His plans for a barn in Pompey garnered first premium in a national competition by Rural New Yorker. He then accepted a position as patternmaker and draughtsman in railroad shops and visited the London Exhibition in 1862. He contributed short articles to a technical journal in London. Returning to Syracuse in 1864 he was a designer and draughtsman with Sweet, Barnes & Company where he designed machines, tools and appliances. He invented a machine that later became the linotype. It was exhibited at the Paris Exposition in 1867 and presented to Cornell University. In 1871 he was involved in bridge building with Howard Soule and later made plans for the first Straight-Line steam engine. From 1873 to 1879 he was involved with Cornell University and during this time worked on Whitworth surface plates and the first standard measuring machine made in this country. The first Gramme dynamo produced in the US was built in that shop and exhibited at the Centennial Exposition. He resigned and returned to Syracuse where the continued experimenting with the original Straight-Line engine, becoming president of the Straight-Line Engine Company.
He was one of the founders of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Engine Builders Association of the United States, The Technology Club and the Metal Trades and Founders Association of Syracuse. He was a life member of the Onondaga Historical Association, and one of the judges of the Chicago World's Fair and was employed by the government as an expert.
In November 1870 he married Caroline V. Hawthorne who died in 1887. In 1889 he married Irene A. Clark.
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